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December Part 2

Other notable things happened in December too.  Z was in his preschool's Christmas performance.

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We never made it to the Seattle Center to see the train so we went with a friend the following week.  They all loved the bus and monorail ride as well as watching the miniature train.

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Phil's parents also were in Washington for a lot of December.  We had fun decorating our Gingerbread House with them.

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N's Kids Choir at church also did a couple of performances for our congregation and also at a local senior care facility.

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Another big highlight was going to Wildlights at the Woodland Park Zoo.  It was a very foggy evening which made it almost mystical.  The boys enjoyed the lights, but they LOVED the snowball fight in the Zoomazium.

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We made cookies for all our neighbors and sang Christmas carols to them.

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We had one day of snow!  It only lasted the morning, but it was quite fun nonetheless.

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On Christmas Day, we went down to Graham and the boys loved playing with their second cousins.  N especially got along with E, and was very sad when they had to say goodbye.  We made another trip down there a week later go visit Mt. Rainier with them.

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Our Christmas feast was big!  Lots of family and friends were there, and the living room was transformed into one big dining hall.  It was great.

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